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Volume 2223, A-24265
Article 8
A new Article 8 is inserted. Consequently, all the following Articles are shifted accordingly.
"Article 8 - Ownership and Distribution of Satellite Data
I EUMETSAT shall have worldwide exclusive ownership of all data generated by EU-
METSAT's satellites or instruments.
2 EUMETSAT shall make available sets of data agreed by the Council to the National
Meteorological Services of Member States of the World Meteorological Organization.
3 The distribution policy regarding satellite data shall be decided in accordance with
the rules laid down in Article 5.2 (b) for mandatory programmes and 5.3 (b) for optional
programmes. EUMETSAT, through the Secretariat, and the Member States shall be responsible
for the implementation of this policy."
Article 9
Article 8 of the Convention becomes Article 9 and it is amended as follows:
- In paragraph 2, the reference to Annex I to this Convention is deleted. Consequently,
paragraph 2 ends after ".... the services provided".
Article 10
Article 9 of the Convention becomes Article 10 and it is amended as follows:
- Paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 are deleted;
- Paragraph 2 becomes paragraph 1;
- New paragraphs 2 to 7 are inserted;
- Paragraphs 5 and 6 become paragraphs 8 and 9.
"2 Each Member State shall pay to EUMETSAT an annual contribution to the General
Budget and to the mandatory programmes (except for MOP) on the basis of the average
Gross National Product (GNP) of each Member State for the three latest years for which
statistics are available. The update of the statistics shall be made every three years.
For MOP, each Member State shall pay to EUMETSAT an annual contribution on the
basis of the scale contained in Annex II.
3 Member States are bound to pay their contributions to mandatory programmes (except
MOP) up to a maximum of 110% if a decision is taken according to Art. 5.2 (c)(ii).
4 For optional programmes, each participating Member State shall pay to EUMETSAT
an annual contribution on the basis of the scale agreed for the programme.
5 In the case an optional programme is not fully subscribed within one year after the
date at which it has taken effect in accordance with Article 3.2 the existing participants are
bound to accept a new scale of contributions whereby the deficit is distributed pro rata, unless
they agree unanimously on a different solution.